

These six guys were undoubtedly “on a mission.” A Yod does represent a special task or mission in life that the person feels compelled to undertake. Each had a crucial role to play in the war. Life with a Yod is far from ordinary, as I explored in Nazi Horoscopes: Of the 100 German Nazis listed at Astro Databank, only 6 have Yod configurations. Individuals with this Yod pattern will experience this as a continual build-up and then a release of tension. The action point planet then comes under incredible stress and tension and must release it somehow. Initially, the most negative potential of the sextile planets manifests through the apex planet. The quincunxes take this heightened energy and raise the vibration even further. A sextile is a positive aspect that creates energy. The energy of the two planets in sextile is focused like a laser beam on the action point, in this case, Jupiter. A person with a Yod will struggle with this frazzling and neurotic energy, especially earlier in life. I like to use the analogy of a crystal here, a very definite and unique structure that holds a special energy that took a long time to create. This pattern creates particular and strong energy, stronger than you would get by these aspects on their own. The Yod is a challenging aspect pattern but holds great potential for spiritual evolution and increased awareness. The blue line between Mercury and Neptune is a sextile (60°).

In Marina’s chart below, you can see the Yod apex planet is Jupiter.


Yod is the tenth Hebrew letter with significant kabbalistic and mystical significance regarding the name of God, his omnipresence, and our humility. I firmly believe that Yod astrology is very significant and does live up to the hype as a very fated aspect pattern denoting a special mission or destiny in life. Traditional astrologers have dismissed Yod astrology as “bogus” or merely a midpoint structure, and even among those who use Yod’s, there is debate about orbs and whether to include only planets or other points in the chart like the Ascendant. A Yod is also called the Finger of Fate, Finger of God, or the Projection Triangle and has been the source of much debate and controversy within the astrological community. The Yod aspect pattern is a configuration between at least three planets or points in the horoscope to create a long triangle resembling a witch’s hat.
